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Only to find you couldn’t stay away?

I have done this several times, but something always brought me back. Usually it would be good shot, or hole, or “discovering something that worked for my swing.

The last time ('96) it was discovering single-axis golf, and Moe Norman--revealed to me there is an easier way to play golf for those of us that are not that talented.

What brought you back, or kept you involved?
 
I'm relatively new to the game (6 years) but have never wanted to give up the game. It's my one hobby and really my necessary distraction. I may have some months where I don't get a chance to play too much but I'm always following along THP and the Golf Channel.
 
Since I started playing in earnest, the answer is zero times. I love the sport, know golf is hard, and stay honest about my ability. The dumbest, worst, most pathetic shots I make are still golf shots on a golf course (or sometimes my backyard, like the bladed flop shot that hit my neighbors house, just missing a window).
 
I've never 'vowed' to give it up, but after an extraordinarily rough round a couple months ago the thought crossed my mind. I didn't follow through, though :D
 
Never, but I have thought the game is just too tough for me, that I'll always stink, and maybe I should just quit, that's the fun!
 
Never has crossed my mind and don't think it ever will.
 
Never,I gave up the game a few years back due to being busy with life and all. But I plan on enjoying this wonderful game until I cannot anymore


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Never & I never will. Even if physical limitations keep me from playing I will enjoy it in some facet. The few ppl I know who have given it up were extremely good golfers who couldn't make it. Luckily, I don't have that pipe dream and just enjoy it whether I shoot 69 or 85
 
Never. Though, if it wasn't for the Grandaddy in 2014, I would have stopped playing for the rest of that year in August, with the funk I go into with my swing. BUT, because of that event, I grinded it out and (for the most part) found my swing again.
 
Never.
 
Anytime I have that thought I remind myself in taking it too seriously and that's not why I play the game.
 
At least once per week, I then realize how much I really love this game. It's golf and it's hard.
 
Zero times.
 
Once, and I did for 6 months.
 
I only thought it once and actually considered it. It was six months into me learning the game. I changed instructors and equipment and have never thought about it again.
 
Never ever really. I've took a week or two off here and there, but I've been at it since the early 1970's.
 
I'm a little surprised that more of you guys have never seriously considered giving up the game due to frustration. I suppose I have always been too hard on myself for my lack of consistency in golf.
 
I curse the game almost every round but it really is that feeling that one perfect shot where the ball just comoresses and your form is flawless and you hold the pose to see the ball just stick it EXACTLY where you wanted it.

I've never taken a hiatus but I have had days where I had planned to play 18 but stopped after 9 because I just had to decompress from how bad the round was going.


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Never, to the best of my memory!
 
The thought of walking away has never crossed my mind. I have enough trouble dealing with weather keeping me away from a course for large parts of 4+ months.
 
Several times I vowed to drop off my clubs at my Dad's house so I couldn't play after a frustrating round. Never did it.
 
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Not yet, and if I had I would think it would have been in the last few years where Ive really struggled with my swing
 
Not in my blood to give up the game.
 
Last fall after the gauntlet and few subsequent rounds I said I was done. I hung up the clubs at the end of September and didn't even think about golf until I got my men's group email this spring. I love playing with those guys so I made it a point to get my issues fixed. Couple lessons and I still have a long way to go but I'm enjoying golf again.

That's really the only time I've considered quitting.

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I never "vowed to quit", but I did walk away once when I just got started. And there was like 10 years when I considered myself a "golfer" because I had a golf bag and all, but I played barely once a month.

And of course there's this time of my life where there's just work, family and golf.
 
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